Buildner's Unbuilt Award 2025 competition participant - Hanqin Tang from the United States!

I participate in architecture competitions because they allow me to explore ideas freely beyond the limits of practice. Competitions create a space for experimentation—where concepts, narratives, and design methods can evolve without the constraints of a client or commercial agenda. They challenge me to think critically about how architecture responds to social and environmental questions, and to translate research into form. Each competition becomes a way to test a vision, to learn from global peers, and to refine the relationship between concept and construction. For me, it is less about winning and more about contributing to a collective dialogue—using design as a language to imagine what our built environment could become.